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Re: Polar lights
From: Mike Boersma
Date: 2004 Nov 8, 13:20 -0500
From: Mike Boersma
Date: 2004 Nov 8, 13:20 -0500
At 42d 17.2' N, 85d 44.5'W the aurora borealis had more color, being a bluish color at when I looked at about 2315 EST. It is unusual to see aurora effects south of 45dN. I would imagine that north of 45dN there would be even more color. Any word on excessive radio interference or GPS loss of performance due to strong solar flare activity? Michael Boersma Alexandre Eremenko wrote: > Last night, while measuring star distances > from my balcony, I saw an enormous strip of white > light in the sky which surprised me a lot. > This morning, specialists explained me that this > was aurora borealis, and that they expect it > this night again and the night tomorrow. > > I am at 40d 27.2' N, 86d55' W and the aurora > was visible in roughly NS direction, for > about an hour. Unfortunately I did not record the time > but this was between 8 and 10 p.m. > > Alex.
